of the Doomed,' those who resided in this
place were lost from the graces of God,
because they truly wished not to receive of
them. 'How can any soul truly wish not to
receive God's grace?' I thought. 'Such a state
of misery must be a true hell.'
Apparently, in order to attain to my
final destination, I had to cross this singular
valley of death which had warranted the
protection of this sign upon my collar. As
soon as the derelicts caught sight of the pin,
they backed away and left me alone.
Having passed through, I began
crossing hundreds of mountaintops in a
single bound again, as I interiorly
understood that these peaks represented the
care of children and my many years of
service to such tasks. Depicted upon these
peaks were the graciousness of such skill in
rearing children in the ways of the Lord, and
the honor bestowed upon those as who do
such things.
Upon leaving these peaks, I stood at
a beauteous shore, my body older and more
middle aged than it is now. Coming to this
marvelous shoreline was another time in my
life, when I would proffer other services to
the Lord upon other peaks of service to
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